Really?! Holy cow, we had that game in college, and as soon as we found the bloody thing, the first thing we did is try zapping EVERYTHING, lol! Reminded me a bit of Link's "Hookshot" in ALttP.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat Primary school in my case which reminds me i cannot remember how me and my friends found out about using the Grapple Beam on Draygon all those years ago as non of us had internet access
Its so weird. Kinda like how in Golden Eye. A guy heard "keep your nose down and keep grinding" and he (autisticly?) took it verbatim. So he speedran looking down. Which turned out removed HUUUUUGE amounts of lag and delay .
Lmao the very first trick is already an almost-TAS frame perfect input + ceiling bonk + taco bell burritos + gamba coin at the end, this speedrun is insane
Yeah, the “hell runs” are a prime example of how speedrunners are just built different, at least from me. I’ve certainly tried to stand the heat, if only because I play a lot of randomizers, and it’s practically suicide for me to just check out the rooms around Norfair’s start. Dealing with it for the entire area…yeah, no, I’m not doing that. Ever. Note: none of my seeds ever actually required me to microwave myself before getting the Varia Suit, probably because the randomizer crews know how insane that is for casual players.
I think hell runs are a hard logic only requirement. I've done from the entrance of upper norfair to bubble mountain on 3 tanks in an old vanilla route, but much beyond that is just too stressful for me nowadays :P
Fun fact: In the orginal Japanese text for Other M, Samus intentionally disabled the Varia feature despite it not being covered in her orders, so she’s canonically crazy enough to brave Superheated areas in just her Power Suit, and for spite at that. Still a bad game but apparently less so in Japanese.
It makes me so incredibly happy that FINALLY there’s a well edited super metroid speedrunning video. I always see videos talking about SM64, trackmania, Minecraft, Zelda, etc. but I never ever see love for this speedrun. It’s truly a one of a kind game and speedrun. Thank you so much for creating a really well made video covering such a cool route and run
*nods* and even in the long ago ones, xfactor was still used in reverse boss order, but the rerout to make crystal flash work is genious and I love it.
@@joshmciver4847 I've talked to salt about him remaking that video since it's so outdated and somewhat misinformative (he didn't really know much about the speedrun). But yeah Super Metroid doesn't ever get videos like this one. Especially ones of this caliber and professionalism. Really amazing to finally see :3
I love how because of the game being played backwards basically, while the first two bosses require a ton of preparation and tricks to pull off, the second half of the bosses is so much easier.
I bought Super Metroid at our local Best Buy on release day as a kid with my mom, got a picture of me with the game holding the box, I was so proud of this game when it released. I’ve been playing it casually my entire life almost since 1994. I can’t do any of the speedrun tricks in this game except like wall jumping stuff, every speed runner trick in SM is ridiculously hard until you’ve just out thousands of hours practicing
Next time you play try doing the mockball in that green room they showed. It's actually not too hard. Then you can wall jump up the other end of the room to grab the items above. Don't fall through the floor aftwr grabbing the super missiles though. Instead, exit the room to the right and continue exploring Brinstar. You can now skip the Sporespawn boss to save some time. 🙂
@@Bloodstar6078 Green Room Mockball saves way more time then I feel like it does. Spore Spawn takes forever to kill if you're not landing your missile shots consistently.
It's amazing how you can mix up the order of the bosses in games like this, effectively turning the shiny apple that is the game's intended route into pure apple sauce.
In the commercial of super metroid they showed that and the adult dog forced to watch that was turned into a scared puppy, they knew it was gonna gave kids nightmares
@@joshmciver4847 if you dont know enough about something you tend to write the wrong things; hell I dont even know how to spell the name of the big skeleton enemy, Paratrophus?
>Rated consistently as one of the greatest video games of all time. As influential as a game can POSSIBLY BE. >Still underrated. That's how damn good this game is. Thanks for covering it! You're the man.
What i love the most about Super Metroid and Castlevania SOTN is that every glitch allows the games to be broken in every way possible, meaning you can go anywhere you want and do whatever you want, if you know the skips and tricks
It tells a lot of the Super Metroid speedrunning community, where in the most run categories the rule is to not cause memory corruption to beat the game fastest possible way, but instead go for the hardest tricks possible to beat the game legally :) SM speedrunners are totally a different breed of gamers for sure! Personally I keep rewatching GDQ SM speedruns of different categories, just because I can always notice something new and interesting! This game literally has no skillcap :D you can get better and better at it seemingly infinitely.
Really fascinating deep dive. I'm amazed by the creativity, skill, and determination that went into figuring out and pulling off this insanity. Also, the message of inclusiveness and encouragement in the community culture regarding the baby skip discovery was a great moment. Great video. 😄
11:45 This is the first useful use of "crystal flash" that I've ever heard of, beyond, "here's a secret technique, have you tried it?" I never could figure out a time where spending super missiles saved me time vs. just farming energy or running to a recharge station.
It's useful use is if you have ammo but not health, so it's mostly good for people that aren't spending resources but are taking hits. Players that have managed to scour and collect stuff, but are still struggling with something. Pretty specific niche for such a person to also know the trick.
Super metroid is such a cool game. For years ive loved watching speedruns, playing through it, learning tricks, doing randomizers, all that. There is so much more to this game then what was even covered in this video, the depth is insane. There are so many glitches that are tas or challenge run only, some of which I learned thanks to randomizers and especially puzzle hacks like Containment Chamber, Contamination, and Kero. The movement is also just amazing, the only game I've played that feels better to control is Hollow Knight. Some of the other Speedrun categories are still really cool, my favorite is low%, and just how many combinations of items you can do the lowest possible % with. SM is honestly a sandbox game This was a great video too, Definitely subbing Also, apple sauce
It's absolutely insane that this kinda stuff is even possible, but it's amazing what people are capable of, both as individuals and as a community, when they set their minds to it.
Excellent video! Zoast and Zeni are such great ambassadors for this game! I can only encourage players to at least perform an RBO run once. This showcawses the very hard and very fast RBO, but there is avery well documented routem with many safeties, that though still difficult, is really accessible to any player with the basics of speedrunning. I am not by any means an excellent Super Metroid runner, but I did it ! Skipping Apple Sauce is the biggest timesave
Absolutely agree! There are a lot of extra e tanks and ammo that you can grab that make it easier. Slower but more accessible to a larger group of people. Anyone interested in speed running this game should try this category! It’s such a fun yet challenging category
I haven't seriously played Metroid before, just messing around checking it out once or twice. The fact that you can electrocute yourself in order to hurt Draygon is just insane, even by today's standards. I love the way in which you all explain each mechanic, and later on we get to see the real purpose of the previously mentioned mechanics. It's just great. It's like reading a good book.
Great video. Modern SM running still blows my mind. Ill enjoy my old early ice any% route and enjoy it lol. Something something al gores rhythm also Keep the great work comin! 🎉🎉
I'm happy that someone is highlighting the most technical category (that isnt low% but I'm sure that's tas only anyways lol) watching the vid made me realize samus' power suit color palette kinda looks like apple sauce.
Super Metroid has some cool Low% categories, there are actually multiple ways to finish 14% with No Major Glitches. The most common one is Low% Ice, which has been featured twice at GDQ, at SGDQ 2014 and SGDQ 2017. 13% has been done by humans with simultaneous Left+Right (which enables underwater walljumps without Gravity Suit). When Out of Bounds is allowed, you can kill all of the bosses with only 12%. This has been done by a couple of people. Memory corruption allows for completing the game with only 4 item pickups. It's even possible to erase items from your inventory to finish with 0% (which is where my avatar comes from).
@@UNHchabo The underwater walljumps, I assume that's without high jump, right? Or is the section that's required so hard that even guys like Oats wouldn't consider it viable?
@@wompastompa3692 Without Left+Right, underwater walljumps with HiJump can only gain height on the PAL version, which is used in two Low% categories, Iceboots and Speedboots. On the NTSC version, or on the PAL version without HiJump, Left+Right is required to gain height with underwater walljumps.
Very cool analysis and Zeni's and Zoast's commentary is always appreciated! I watched Zeni's WR RBO run a few days after he uploaded it on his TH-cam and it's still one of the most beautifully executed runs in any of the Super Metroid categories I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Thank you for much for uploading this very riveting breakdown of the showcased tricks!
what an insane category in an already goated game, i love it. those 30 minute preps before the first (~last) boss are always such an impressive showcase
Just wanted to say, this video is so well edited and explains just enough to make everything easy to understand. As a person that has watched many Super Metroid speedruns before, even I sometimes Im baffled at just the complexity of this game. So anyways just banger video man, Apple Sauce
I play SM randomizers from time to time and I watch a lot of Zeni and Oats runs bc i love metroid so much and both of them are excellent runners of the game. The insanity that is RBO is so amazing to watch. Thank you for this opportunity to showcase a great game with a greater category and an even greater community!
This game is a technological marvel, and its influence exists far beyond its SNES rectangular cartridge borders, even beyond its own series. I've always thought Samus' deep technical prowess in Melee is a direct result of SM, even down to things like her being able to wall jump, a trait reserved almost exclusively for fast, agile characters with quick fall speeds otherwise. Fantastic video, editing was on point and Zeni's commentary/explanations were as well. Went great with my bowl of (evil)apple sauce.
There was a game for the Apple 2 called "Karateka" where the whole game would be upside-down if you booted the floppy disk upside-down... so you could beat that game upside-down.
@douglashudson4706 theres also a niche game that only one or two people have ever played where the whole second half takes place in an inverted version of the map
Wow, super well made video - I love the visual explanations of the tricks! Now I may be biased, but this is genuinely one of the best breakdown video's I've seen of a speedrun.
OG Super Metroid Player here and a non subscriber. I really loved this video. Brought so many memories when I played it. Still remember going to Toys "R" Us and picking it up for my Birthday. I loved playing this game bk then and still do today. Thanks for sending me down memory lane. Nostalgia at it's finest!
I tried doing an RBO run years ago trying to do it. The hell runs aren't easy but doable, doing anything in lower norfair is hard but ridley is just the wall that made me stop, I tried it for an hour until I put a save state at the door and gave up after another. It's nuts how world class speedrunners can do the full run in under an hour.
Interesting AF video! looks like it can be a bit saucy and the metroid kinda looks like an apple, but yea REALLY cool tech to have spelled out like it's "simple"
This was an incredible watch, especially as a Metroid nut! Having the experts there, your own explanations, and the expert editing made this a great experience!
The most surprising part for me was the X-Factor thing. Like, that's not even a speedrunning trick, that's just a completely intended mechanic, and yet I don't think I've ever heard about it anywhere
If you wait long enough on the title screen it will show some gameplay of Samus doing some tricks like the Crystal Flash and the charge beam attacks. It doesn't explain them in detail but gives you just enough information to figure it out yourself. Just like with learning wall jumps from the Etecoons or the Shine Spark from Dachora, the game teaches you by showing you and having you do it. Of course, CF and special beam attacks are not necessary, so finding a use for them is another thing.
I used to be sad that no run used crystal flash. Then some mad folks got together and worked out time saves from it in RBO, and now I'm happy. (The use of X Factor on Ridley is just pure icing on the cake)
Amazing video & great idea! Definetly a fan of this kind of content that includes other metroidvanias :) can't wait for more in the future, keep up the good work DB!
Yo... Dr4gon, this is pretty frickin fantastic. I mean Zeni and Zoast do a lot of heavy lifting for the content - they are great and really know their stuff -- but this is some epic level editing and production. Keep it up! EDIT: Apple sauce is part of a healthy speedrunning diet.
Any part of this RBO run would completely melt the brain of 13-year-old me, playing Super Metroid when it came out. lol, absolutely love Zeni's RBO shirt btw, that's fantastic. 🤣👌 Crystal Flash is the ONE INSTANCE where I called the Nintendo Tip Line. I saw it in the attract demo and was like "wat." so I called the tip line to find out wtf I just saw. I will never possess the discipline required for spike suit... And I've come to terms with that. 😌 oooo, I've got some apple sauce in the fridge... Thanks for reminding me. That'd really hit the spot right about now! 😋
There are some insane tricks that require frame perfect inputs or minutes of careful maneuvering, but there are also easy tricks that are immensely satisfying. That triple frame perfect + 50/50 trick in the beginning can also be done with a damage boost if you don't mind taking a little more time and damage, and that's something even I can do.
I played this game when it first came out as a kid, and discovered things like wall jumping, shinesparking, and the crystal flash on my own, and I was absolutely giddy. Seeing these speed runners exploit those and so much more makes me relive that giddiness and I love it so freaking much.
Now I know why I seemed to have seen part of the video be played twice! I accidentally clicked the time stamp you posted in this comment! 😂😅 Edit: Sorry for posting the comment twice. I didn't think it went through the first time!
i love when speedruners took on thing we though at the time as was TAS only like reverse boos order, it's like some people decided to create a new version of apple sauce like if there were none before and that's crazy.
Yo!! I Was eating apple sauce with lunch while watching this amazing video! Thanks for your fantastic editing and run down of one of my favorite games.
Shame I just had lunch as some apple sauce would hit the spot. But what a fantastic video. Please consider doing more of this style - your commentary lends itself well to this kind of format.
Props to you DB for putting this video together. Well made. Very well played by Zeni and informative commentary. And hello to the ghost of zoast who is still the goat.
Super Metroid is my favorite game. I’ve done a single RBO run once before with savestates and a much easier route. Even then, it probably took me 5 or 6 hours in real time when the game typically only takes me 90 minutes to beat. Despite its difficulty, I think it’s really fun. I’ve poured hundreds of hours into this game and my goal is to hopefully speedrun the game one day
Talk about Apple Sauce. This might be one of the rare full detail speed run follow video I have ever watch begining to end breaking things down. It was really cool seeing all little details and tricks used.
This was a delicious watch, and probably has gotten at least one more person into the speedrunning community. That person might end up being me starting today xD
Classic top tier DB video. Interesting topic, pacing on point, precise explanations of stuff and again with the godlike editing that makes everything so clear and easy to understand. I'm serious, your editing needs to be studied. Goated with the sauce video, he does it every time. Zeni and Zoast were amazing too.
Apple Sauce :] this was so fascinating to watch and even came at a perfect time. My dad and I finished Super Metroid again just a few days ago. There's really something different about this game and its community
It's crazy how good these game were. Even better was that the internet wasn't much more than text, at that point, and you figured stuff out by exploring, talking with other kids at school or getting a bunch of neighborhood kids together to play. 90's was peak civilization. It's regressed, massively, since.
"Grapple beam can also be used to pick up items from a distance."
... I have played Super Metroid dozens of times in my life and I never knew this.
Really?! Holy cow, we had that game in college, and as soon as we found the bloody thing, the first thing we did is try zapping EVERYTHING, lol! Reminded me a bit of Link's "Hookshot" in ALttP.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat Primary school in my case which reminds me i cannot remember how me and my friends found out about using the Grapple Beam on Draygon all those years ago as non of us had internet access
The fact that a JOKE like making the Baby Metroid go clockwise turned out to be faster is just crazy!
Its so weird. Kinda like how in Golden Eye. A guy heard "keep your nose down and keep grinding" and he (autisticly?) took it verbatim. So he speedran looking down.
Which turned out removed HUUUUUGE amounts of lag and delay .
If you’re curious about watching the origins, Eddie actually highlighted it! Kinda silly to watch: www.twitch.tv/videos/1623442363
@@Ultr4l0f John Kaleta, he revolutionized how that game was run. may he rest in peace.
@@alexkuhn5188 oh shit. He is dead?
Rest in peace.
Lmao the very first trick is already an almost-TAS frame perfect input + ceiling bonk + taco bell burritos + gamba coin at the end, this speedrun is insane
While the first trick is near TAS perfect input, the good thing is that it's at the start of the run, so restarting isn't quite as painful.
It's also one of the last tricks you implement as you grind toward world record. Even the 3rd place run by Osse doesn't do it.
It is! And that's why it is so entertaining to watch :)
ceiling bonk plus what???
FUCK TAS.
Yeah, the “hell runs” are a prime example of how speedrunners are just built different, at least from me. I’ve certainly tried to stand the heat, if only because I play a lot of randomizers, and it’s practically suicide for me to just check out the rooms around Norfair’s start. Dealing with it for the entire area…yeah, no, I’m not doing that. Ever.
Note: none of my seeds ever actually required me to microwave myself before getting the Varia Suit, probably because the randomizer crews know how insane that is for casual players.
I think hell runs are a hard logic only requirement. I've done from the entrance of upper norfair to bubble mountain on 3 tanks in an old vanilla route, but much beyond that is just too stressful for me nowadays :P
Fun fact: In the orginal Japanese text for Other M, Samus intentionally disabled the Varia feature despite it not being covered in her orders, so she’s canonically crazy enough to brave Superheated areas in just her Power Suit, and for spite at that. Still a bad game but apparently less so in Japanese.
It makes me so incredibly happy that FINALLY there’s a well edited super metroid speedrunning video. I always see videos talking about SM64, trackmania, Minecraft, Zelda, etc. but I never ever see love for this speedrun.
It’s truly a one of a kind game and speedrun.
Thank you so much for creating a really well made video covering such a cool route and run
There's a Poor Man Speedrun series out there that's very good, but it's a bit old now.
There are loads of Super Metroid speedrun and analysis videos... Summoningsalt even did one back in the day.
*nods* and even in the long ago ones, xfactor was still used in reverse boss order, but the rerout to make crystal flash work is genious and I love it.
@@joshmciver4847 I've talked to salt about him remaking that video since it's so outdated and somewhat misinformative (he didn't really know much about the speedrun).
But yeah Super Metroid doesn't ever get videos like this one. Especially ones of this caliber and professionalism. Really amazing to finally see :3
Agreed! Metroid is one of the GOATs but always overlooked
I love how because of the game being played backwards basically, while the first two bosses require a ton of preparation and tricks to pull off, the second half of the bosses is so much easier.
I bought Super Metroid at our local Best Buy on release day as a kid with my mom, got a picture of me with the game holding the box, I was so proud of this game when it released. I’ve been playing it casually my entire life almost since 1994. I can’t do any of the speedrun tricks in this game except like wall jumping stuff, every speed runner trick in SM is ridiculously hard until you’ve just out thousands of hours practicing
Next time you play try doing the mockball in that green room they showed. It's actually not too hard.
Then you can wall jump up the other end of the room to grab the items above. Don't fall through the floor aftwr grabbing the super missiles though. Instead, exit the room to the right and continue exploring Brinstar. You can now skip the Sporespawn boss to save some time. 🙂
Try all these tricks!!! You'll gonna love to find out how good you are in the game
@@Bloodstar6078 Green Room Mockball saves way more time then I feel like it does. Spore Spawn takes forever to kill if you're not landing your missile shots consistently.
It's amazing how you can mix up the order of the bosses in games like this, effectively turning the shiny apple that is the game's intended route into pure apple sauce.
you have a wonderful way with words
My favorite order is DPRK, also known as the North Korea RTA.
Krokomire falling into acid always spooked me as a kid.
Crocomire*
In the commercial of super metroid they showed that and the adult dog forced to watch that was turned into a scared puppy, they knew it was gonna gave kids nightmares
@@ChrisMMaster0dunno where people get such odd spelling... Google is a thing.
@@joshmciver4847 if you dont know enough about something you tend to write the wrong things; hell I dont even know how to spell the name of the big skeleton enemy, Paratrophus?
>Rated consistently as one of the greatest video games of all time. As influential as a game can POSSIBLY BE.
>Still underrated.
That's how damn good this game is. Thanks for covering it! You're the man.
10:32 very similar, but thats Acid. Acid does more damaga than Lava and is the only enviromental hazard where you never get full inmunity.
Ngl I thought it was the other way around but that makes more since because acid is extremely damaging to everything as far as I know
*Immunity.
@@2DCheesefun fact: Bases are like that too. Some of the most corrosive stuff is a base. Yet both have essentially harmless stuff.
Triple frame perfect trick with pixel gamble? Damn. Very informative video, I done got learned
Apple sauce
What i love the most about Super Metroid and Castlevania SOTN is that every glitch allows the games to be broken in every way possible, meaning you can go anywhere you want and do whatever you want, if you know the skips and tricks
It tells a lot of the Super Metroid speedrunning community, where in the most run categories the rule is to not cause memory corruption to beat the game fastest possible way, but instead go for the hardest tricks possible to beat the game legally :) SM speedrunners are totally a different breed of gamers for sure! Personally I keep rewatching GDQ SM speedruns of different categories, just because I can always notice something new and interesting! This game literally has no skillcap :D you can get better and better at it seemingly infinitely.
Really fascinating deep dive. I'm amazed by the creativity, skill, and determination that went into figuring out and pulling off this insanity. Also, the message of inclusiveness and encouragement in the community culture regarding the baby skip discovery was a great moment. Great video. 😄
11:45
This is the first useful use of "crystal flash" that I've ever heard of, beyond, "here's a secret technique, have you tried it?"
I never could figure out a time where spending super missiles saved me time vs. just farming energy or running to a recharge station.
It's useful use is if you have ammo but not health, so it's mostly good for people that aren't spending resources but are taking hits.
Players that have managed to scour and collect stuff, but are still struggling with something. Pretty specific niche for such a person to also know the trick.
Probably for non-speedrunners to have more breathing room.
Super metroid is such a cool game. For years ive loved watching speedruns, playing through it, learning tricks, doing randomizers, all that. There is so much more to this game then what was even covered in this video, the depth is insane. There are so many glitches that are tas or challenge run only, some of which I learned thanks to randomizers and especially puzzle hacks like Containment Chamber, Contamination, and Kero. The movement is also just amazing, the only game I've played that feels better to control is Hollow Knight. Some of the other Speedrun categories are still really cool, my favorite is low%, and just how many combinations of items you can do the lowest possible % with. SM is honestly a sandbox game
This was a great video too, Definitely subbing
Also, apple sauce
The editing is excellent! This is nearing documentary quality. It's neat to see you branch out from SOTN
Bro I beat this game backwards forwards and sideways all the way back in 1989 on my NES! It was sooooo easy for me LOL
The game wasn't out then and also its on snes please return your Internet karma and discard your clout
@@deeznat you really dont get the joke?
as always dr4gonblitzdaily showing just how much more skilled he is to dr4gonblitz
Yaaa i don't know bro my cousin and I beat this game in like 20 minutes, i guess your time was pretty ok
Maybe he's being mega ultra sarcastic loser! Lol@@Dr4gonBlitzDaily
It's absolutely insane that this kinda stuff is even possible, but it's amazing what people are capable of, both as individuals and as a community, when they set their minds to it.
Apple Sauce is triple frame perfect snack
Excellent video! Zoast and Zeni are such great ambassadors for this game!
I can only encourage players to at least perform an RBO run once. This showcawses the very hard and very fast RBO, but there is avery well documented routem with many safeties, that though still difficult, is really accessible to any player with the basics of speedrunning.
I am not by any means an excellent Super Metroid runner, but I did it ! Skipping Apple Sauce is the biggest timesave
Absolutely agree! There are a lot of extra e tanks and ammo that you can grab that make it easier. Slower but more accessible to a larger group of people. Anyone interested in speed running this game should try this category! It’s such a fun yet challenging category
I haven't seriously played Metroid before, just messing around checking it out once or twice.
The fact that you can electrocute yourself in order to hurt Draygon is just insane, even by today's standards.
I love the way in which you all explain each mechanic, and later on we get to see the real purpose of the previously mentioned mechanics.
It's just great. It's like reading a good book.
Great video. Modern SM running still blows my mind. Ill enjoy my old early ice any% route and enjoy it lol.
Something something al gores rhythm also
Keep the great work comin! 🎉🎉
I'm happy that someone is highlighting the most technical category (that isnt low% but I'm sure that's tas only anyways lol) watching the vid made me realize samus' power suit color palette kinda looks like apple sauce.
Super Metroid has some cool Low% categories, there are actually multiple ways to finish 14% with No Major Glitches. The most common one is Low% Ice, which has been featured twice at GDQ, at SGDQ 2014 and SGDQ 2017.
13% has been done by humans with simultaneous Left+Right (which enables underwater walljumps without Gravity Suit).
When Out of Bounds is allowed, you can kill all of the bosses with only 12%. This has been done by a couple of people.
Memory corruption allows for completing the game with only 4 item pickups.
It's even possible to erase items from your inventory to finish with 0% (which is where my avatar comes from).
@@UNHchabo
The underwater walljumps, I assume that's without high jump, right? Or is the section that's required so hard that even guys like Oats wouldn't consider it viable?
@@wompastompa3692 Without Left+Right, underwater walljumps with HiJump can only gain height on the PAL version, which is used in two Low% categories, Iceboots and Speedboots.
On the NTSC version, or on the PAL version without HiJump, Left+Right is required to gain height with underwater walljumps.
I really like your style of just sitting down with the speedrunner and explaining the run. Apple sauce.
Very cool analysis and Zeni's and Zoast's commentary is always appreciated! I watched Zeni's WR RBO run a few days after he uploaded it on his TH-cam and it's still one of the most beautifully executed runs in any of the Super Metroid categories I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Thank you for much for uploading this very riveting breakdown of the showcased tricks!
Bro this was so neat to watch. Thank you DB!
"I learned so much I wasn't expecting to learn about this game", you got that right! Awesome video, loved the explanations.
I hope this video does well and that you make more like this. Having top speedrunners explain their strats is a brilliant idea.
Man I love that zoast is still active in the community, I've loved watching his content every time it comes into my feed
what an insane category in an already goated game, i love it.
those 30 minute preps before the first (~last) boss are always such an impressive showcase
Just wanted to say, this video is so well edited and explains just enough to make everything easy to understand. As a person that has watched many Super Metroid speedruns before, even I sometimes Im baffled at just the complexity of this game. So anyways just banger video man, Apple Sauce
Always cool seeing metroid getting some love, especially with Zoast and Zeni on to share some knowledge.
dude super metroid is actually so hardcore, ive just recently started playing it but this is mindblowing
I play SM randomizers from time to time and I watch a lot of Zeni and Oats runs bc i love metroid so much and both of them are excellent runners of the game.
The insanity that is RBO is so amazing to watch. Thank you for this opportunity to showcase a great game with a greater category and an even greater community!
This game is a technological marvel, and its influence exists far beyond its SNES rectangular cartridge borders, even beyond its own series. I've always thought Samus' deep technical prowess in Melee is a direct result of SM, even down to things like her being able to wall jump, a trait reserved almost exclusively for fast, agile characters with quick fall speeds otherwise.
Fantastic video, editing was on point and Zeni's commentary/explanations were as well. Went great with my bowl of (evil)apple sauce.
excellent video, great editing and extra clips by dragonblitz, great explanations by zeni and zoast.
"The last Apple Sauce is in captivity, the galaxy is at peace"
Never expected for you to do a video interview on Super Metroid. Your editing and commentary is superb!
The amount of knowledge the community has accumulated is truly impressive, and it all has been the result of passion.
Beating a game backwards? Next you're gonna tell me you can do it upside down!!!
There was a game for the Apple 2 called "Karateka" where the whole game would be upside-down if you booted the floppy disk upside-down... so you could beat that game upside-down.
@douglashudson4706 theres also a niche game that only one or two people have ever played where the whole second half takes place in an inverted version of the map
Someone did make a hack where the game is rotated 90 degrees, does that count?
Wow, super well made video - I love the visual explanations of the tricks! Now I may be biased, but this is genuinely one of the best breakdown video's I've seen of a speedrun.
Wow, thanks!
OG Super Metroid Player here and a non subscriber. I really loved this video. Brought so many memories when I played it. Still remember going to Toys "R" Us and picking it up for my Birthday. I loved playing this game bk then and still do today. Thanks for sending me down memory lane. Nostalgia at it's finest!
I tried doing an RBO run years ago trying to do it. The hell runs aren't easy but doable, doing anything in lower norfair is hard but ridley is just the wall that made me stop, I tried it for an hour until I put a save state at the door and gave up after another. It's nuts how world class speedrunners can do the full run in under an hour.
This deserves Al Gore Rhythm’s push
Woo - watched Zeni's stream while you guys were recording for this. Cool vid!
SM’s RBO is super underrated, great category and great video :)
amazingly high quality video here. Thank you so much for making this! Other categories would also be awesome to see breakdowns of too!
Fantastic videos DB! So interesting to hear Zeni and Zoast explain this amazing run.
So awesome. I'm grateful this game still has so much traction after all this time.
Interesting AF video! looks like it can be a bit saucy and the metroid kinda looks like an apple, but yea REALLY cool tech to have spelled out like it's "simple"
This was an incredible watch, especially as a Metroid nut! Having the experts there, your own explanations, and the expert editing made this a great experience!
Amazing editing and great explanation for this intriguing category!
Great video, the guy who explained everything is awesome.
The most surprising part for me was the X-Factor thing. Like, that's not even a speedrunning trick, that's just a completely intended mechanic, and yet I don't think I've ever heard about it anywhere
If you wait long enough on the title screen it will show some gameplay of Samus doing some tricks like the Crystal Flash and the charge beam attacks. It doesn't explain them in detail but gives you just enough information to figure it out yourself. Just like with learning wall jumps from the Etecoons or the Shine Spark from Dachora, the game teaches you by showing you and having you do it.
Of course, CF and special beam attacks are not necessary, so finding a use for them is another thing.
Dude, this video is absolutely FLAWLESS!!! ❤
This is a great way to see speed runs; broken down move by move by the runners themselves is really cool!
I used to be sad that no run used crystal flash. Then some mad folks got together and worked out time saves from it in RBO, and now I'm happy.
(The use of X Factor on Ridley is just pure icing on the cake)
I know, right?! They not only managed to find a use for crystal flash, but also another useless secret technique!
@@bluedistortions X factor gets used in a lot of categories though? It's by far and away the most valuable beam combo.
Amazing video & great idea! Definetly a fan of this kind of content that includes other metroidvanias :) can't wait for more in the future, keep up the good work DB!
Yo... Dr4gon, this is pretty frickin fantastic. I mean Zeni and Zoast do a lot of heavy lifting for the content - they are great and really know their stuff -- but this is some epic level editing and production. Keep it up! EDIT: Apple sauce is part of a healthy speedrunning diet.
Any part of this RBO run would completely melt the brain of 13-year-old me, playing Super Metroid when it came out. lol, absolutely love Zeni's RBO shirt btw, that's fantastic. 🤣👌
Crystal Flash is the ONE INSTANCE where I called the Nintendo Tip Line. I saw it in the attract demo and was like "wat." so I called the tip line to find out wtf I just saw.
I will never possess the discipline required for spike suit... And I've come to terms with that. 😌
oooo, I've got some apple sauce in the fridge... Thanks for reminding me. That'd really hit the spot right about now! 😋
There are some insane tricks that require frame perfect inputs or minutes of careful maneuvering, but there are also easy tricks that are immensely satisfying. That triple frame perfect + 50/50 trick in the beginning can also be done with a damage boost if you don't mind taking a little more time and damage, and that's something even I can do.
I played this game when it first came out as a kid, and discovered things like wall jumping, shinesparking, and the crystal flash on my own, and I was absolutely giddy. Seeing these speed runners exploit those and so much more makes me relive that giddiness and I love it so freaking much.
Did I accidentally rewind or did part of the video repeat near the end? I think I accidentally rewound.
Apple sauce!
You know, for the longest time I thought it was a Mach ball, because you store your horizontal move speed and go the speed of sound. Good to know!
I love speedrun explained videos. Also, I’ve been told that Joel likes Apple Sauce
the super junkoid music at 30:25 👌
Now I know why I seemed to have seen part of the video be played twice! I accidentally clicked the time stamp you posted in this comment! 😂😅
Edit: Sorry for posting the comment twice. I didn't think it went through the first time!
i love when speedruners took on thing we though at the time as was TAS only like reverse boos order, it's like some people decided to create a new version of apple sauce like if there were none before and that's crazy.
Never played Super Metroid but this was awesome to watch, learned a lot
Awesome video, I've never played Super Metroid but I had a blast watching this, really informative and well edited!
this was outstandingly well done. great chat and the visuals really made it come together. quality applesauce. thanks for putting it together.
Yo!! I Was eating apple sauce with lunch while watching this amazing video! Thanks for your fantastic editing and run down of one of my favorite games.
Shame I just had lunch as some apple sauce would hit the spot.
But what a fantastic video. Please consider doing more of this style - your commentary lends itself well to this kind of format.
Amazing video, visualizations and explanations. Great job!
Props to you DB for putting this video together. Well made.
Very well played by Zeni and informative commentary.
And hello to the ghost of zoast who is still the goat.
Love the use of music from some of Super Metroid's ROM hacks, they're so good and don't get enough love.
Great to learn how this run works!
Love the t-shirt with the bosses in the run’s order. Nice touch.
Whenever I watch an RBO run, I always clench up when they get to lower Norfair. Yes, even if it's a highlight video that I know they survive.
We love the algo
Great video was really cool to hear some of the finer details
That was really well done with the explanations for people who don't already know the details and intricacies. GG! ;)
Yes the main channel lives on!!
Awesome video bro, Great questions and great breakdowns. Can’t wait to see more from you.
This is my favorite video of yours so far. Very high quality. Good job. Apple sauce :D
Super Metroid is my favorite game. I’ve done a single RBO run once before with savestates and a much easier route. Even then, it probably took me 5 or 6 hours in real time when the game typically only takes me 90 minutes to beat. Despite its difficulty, I think it’s really fun. I’ve poured hundreds of hours into this game and my goal is to hopefully speedrun the game one day
Great video man, well done. You're good at this style of video. More of this, please.
Holy crap, a useful purpose for crystal flash!
This is the most insane thing I have ever seen in speed running.
Love these vids DB, hope to see more of them! Grats on the channel/speedruns/randos/all
Talk about Apple Sauce. This might be one of the rare full detail speed run follow video I have ever watch begining to end breaking things down. It was really cool seeing all little details and tricks used.
These controls and tech are so precise I feel that missing a run for a day/practicing will throw you off completely.
This was a delicious watch, and probably has gotten at least one more person into the speedrunning community. That person might end up being me starting today xD
Super Metroid was the game that got me interested in watching speed runs it's gotten crazy since I last watched any
Apple sauce
This game really is a bottomless jar of Apple Sauce. It's really incredible what this game continues to inspire in people.
D E E R - A P P L E S A U S E
DBDaily got nothing on this guy
Classic top tier DB video. Interesting topic, pacing on point, precise explanations of stuff and again with the godlike editing that makes everything so clear and easy to understand.
I'm serious, your editing needs to be studied.
Goated with the sauce video, he does it every time.
Zeni and Zoast were amazing too.
Apple Sauce :] this was so fascinating to watch and even came at a perfect time. My dad and I finished Super Metroid again just a few days ago. There's really something different about this game and its community
It's crazy how good these game were. Even better was that the internet wasn't much more than text, at that point, and you figured stuff out by exploring, talking with other kids at school or getting a bunch of neighborhood kids together to play. 90's was peak civilization. It's regressed, massively, since.